Combined shade-roller and curtain-pole support.



J. A. SCHAUMLOEFFEL. COMBINED SHADE ROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE SUPPORT.

I APELICATION F'uEn APR.19, I919.

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Application filed April 19,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS A. SCHAUM- LOEFIEL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bufialo, in the county of Erie and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedShade-Roller and Curtain-Pole Supports, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to curtain fixtures and more particularly tocombined shade roller and curtain pole supports.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and efiicientdevice of this character which requires no fastenin elements forattaching it to a window frame and may be quickly adjusted to fitwindows of different widths.

Another object is to provide a fixture of this character which may bestruck out from a single piece of sheet metal thereby providing a Verycheap structure and-yet one which is equally as effective as the moreexpensive ones.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of acurtain fixture embodying this invention shown applied, the window frameon which it is mounted being shown in broken lines,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

. Fig. 3 is an end view of the fixture detached, and

Fig. 4- is a transverse section taken on the line 44- of Fig, 2.

In the embodiment illustrated, the fixture constituting this inventioncomprises two brackets 1, which areexactly alike except that the shaderoller supporting arms are equipped one with a round aperture, and theother with a slot in the usual manner to receive the shade rollerpintles. Each bracket- 1 is composed of a plate of sheet metal having anarm 2 extending from the upper edge thereof and in the same plane as thebody of the bracket, being designed to lie fiat i5 against the frontface of the window frame F as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. This arm 2Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. nee. ac, raw.

1919. Serial No. 291,194.

has a lateral extension 3 which projects rearwardly and is designed torest on the outer edge of the frame F, being of a length correspondingto the thickness of said frame. This extension 3 has a dependingrightangularly disposed lip or finger 4: at its free end forming ahooklike structure to engage the upper edge of the window frame. The

- plate 1 is slit transversely to provide frame clamping fingers 5 and 6whlch are spaced vertically from each other and provided at their freeends with inturned lugs 7 adapted to engage the rear face of the sidemember of the window frame.

Arranged between the arms 5 and 6 is a strip or bar 8 which extendsforwardly in a direction opposite to the arms 5 and 6 and is provided atits free end with a pole receiving aperture 9 as is shown clearly inFig. 3.

A plate 10 depends from plate 1 and is designed to lie flat against thefront face of the window frame in a manner similar to the arm 2 andcarries on its outer edge a forwardly extending plate 11 which isapertured to receive a shade roller pintle.

From the above description it will be observed that the roller and polesupports 8 and 11 are positioned in different vertical as well aslateral planes, the plate 11 being positioned inwardly in relation tothe plate 8.

From each bracket or plate 1 extends a metal strip which lies in thesame plane as plates 1 and 10 on the side edge opposite to that whichcarries the plates 8 and 11. One of these strips 12 has inturned flanges13 along its opposed side edges which form guides for the strip 14carried by the other bracket so that these strips will be telescopicallyengaged to provide for varying the distance between the brackets toadapt the fixture for use on window frames of varying widths.

Means for adjustably connecting the strips 12 and 14 is shown in theform of a shoe 15 which has a right angular hand grip 16 projectingtherefrom, said shoe engaging the outer faces of the flanges 13 andprojecting therethrough is a pintle 17 carried by the strip.14. Thisshoe 15 has inturned lips 18 along its opposed side edges which bear onthe-flanges 13 as is shown clearly in Fig. 4, the friction between thetwo being sufiicient to hold the strips in ad- .justed relation.

When it is desired to move these strips longitudinally relatively toeach other to adjust the brackets 1 toward or away from each other, thehand grip 16 is grasped and moved in the direction desired, carryingwith it the strip 14 which is guided on the strip 12 between the flanges13, said strips 12 and 14 being arranged in lapping relation.

From the above description it will be obvious that a curtain fixtureconstructed as herein described may be easily applied to a window framewithout the use of any nails, screws or similar fasteners, and therebyall danger of injury to the frame is avoided, while at the same time,providing for the quick application of the fixture to the frame.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of themethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains and while I have described theprinciple of operation of the invention together with-the device which Inow consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that suchchanges may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A curtain fixture comprising two brackets, each having an upstandingarm with a rearward hook extension, frame engaging arms carried by theopposite edge of said brackets, strips extending laterally from theinside edges thereof, and lying in the same plane as the brackets, saidstrips being slidable one on the other, means for securing said stripsin adjusted position, and

forwardly extending longitudinally spaced arms carried by said bracketsand provided with shade roller and curtain pole receiving elements.

2. A fixture of the class described comprising a pair of brackets eachcomposed of a sheet metal plate having arms extending from its upper andlower edges and in the same plane therewith, said upper arm having arearward extension of a length corresponding to the width of the windowframe in connection with which it is to be used, and equipped at itsfree end with an inturned lip, hoop-shaped arms on one side edge of saidbracket for engaging the side edge of the frame, strips extendinglaterally from the inside edges of said brackets and having cooperatingmeans for holding them in ad]usted relation relative to each other, anda pair of article supporting arms projecting forwardly from each edge ofsaid plates, one of the arms of each pair being spaced inwardly from theother, said arms being in different vertical planes.

3. A curtain fixture of the class described comprising two brackets,each of which is composed of a plate having a strip extending laterallyfrom one side edge thereof and lying in the same plane therewith, frameengaging arms carried by the upper and the opposite edges thereof, aframe engaging plate depending from the lower edge of said bracket, andapertured arms extending from the outer edges of said plate proper andsaid depending plate.-

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatuie in presence vof two witnesses.

JULIUS A. SCHAUMLOEFFEL. Witnesses: c

ALBERT G. HARDIE, ANTHONY M. KANE.

